The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has highlighted in its latest report that, during the third quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, the number of detected cyber-attacks soared to 2.54 billion in the, a 201.7% increase compared to the previous quarter’s total of 840.9 million attacks.
The report highlights that system vulnerabilities were responsible for the majority of this surge, accounting for over 2.47 billion cases – a rise of 228.3%. Malware incidents declined by 27.6% to 24.5 million, and brute force attacks — attempts to guess passwords or encryption keys — fell by 2.8% to 33.79 million.
